Greater numbers of infants and young children with increasingly complicated and serious physical, mental health, and developmental problems are being placed in foster care. All children in foster…
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It can be incredibly hard to run a household while also dealing with the challenges of helping a foster child. Foster parent education groups and professional counselors can…
Children who have experienced toxic stressors including abuse and neglect have responses which, while adaptive in the stressful situation, can be maladaptive outside of the toxic stressor. These…
What is Child Traumatic Stress? Trauma occurs when a child experiences an intense event that threatens or causes harm to his or her emotional and physical well-being. Causes…
Jell-O Ice Cream Mix any flavor Jell-o Pudding with 1½ cups milk and 8 oz Cool-Whip. Freeze. Serve once frozen. Enjoy!! Tropical Smoothie Yields: 4 cups Put 1½…
Abdominal Pain Allergic Rashes Bug Bites and Stings Burns Chest Pain Crying Infants Diarrhea Ear Pain Fever Fractures Head Injury and Prevention Lacerations and Animal Bites Poisoning Rashes…
Heather C. Forkey, MD is Assistant Director of FaCES and an attending pediatrician at with the Child Protection Program, both at UMass Memorial Children’s Medical Center. She is…
Celebrating Birthdays For most children, birthdays are happy occasions shared with family and friends. But for children in foster care, birthdays can be a painful reminder of the…
All children need role models, but for children from abusive home, good role models may be even more important. Foster children need caring adults to give them direction…
Breakfast On-The-Go Easy Egg Sandwich Make egg salad using hard boiled eggs, canola-based mayo and mustard then serve on a toasted whole wheat English muffin or mini bagel…